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Bamboo Plywood vs. Spruce-pine-fir

Both bamboo plywood and spruce-pine-fir are wood-based materials. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is bamboo plywood and the bottom bar is spruce-pine-fir.

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Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 80
50
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 18
16
Elongation at Break, % 3.0
1.5
Poisson's Ratio 0.39
0.38
Shear Modulus, GPa 1.3
1.2
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 40
85

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1680
1380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.17
0.12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 4.0
6.5

Electrical Properties

Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm 0.5
0.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.7
0.5

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
47
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 37
86
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.14
0.17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 40
58